Ratio and Proportion
Question: 1
If A : B = 2 : 3 and B : C = 4 : 5, then A : B : C
is
(a) [Link]
(b) [Link]
(c) 5 : 10 : 9
(d) 8 : 12 : 15
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Question:2
If (A : B) = 3 : 4 and (B : C) = 4 : 7, then (A + B) : (B + C) : (C + A) is
(a) [Link]
(b) [Link]
(c) 7 : 11 : 10
(d) 4 : 10 : 9
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Question:3
If 3A = 6B = 9C; What is A : B : C
?
(a) [Link]
(b) [Link]
(c) [Link]
(d) [Link]
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Question:4
If A : B = 1 : 1 and B : C = 1 : 1 , then A : B : C is
3 2 6 7
(a) 14 : 13 : 21
(b) 16 : 18 : 21
(c) 14 : 21 : 18
(d) 19 : 31 : 18
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Question:5
(A : B) : : 2 : 1, (B : C) : : 3 : 2, (C : D) : : 3 : 4, (D : E) : : 5 : 2 find A : B : C : D : E ?
(a) 60 : 30 : 15 : 44 : 17
(b) 80 : 40 : 15 : 20 : 19
(c) 90 : 45 : 30 : 40 : 16
(d) 77 : 15 : 19 : 20 : 16
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Question:6
A : (B + C) : : 1 : 3 , C : (A + B) : : 5 : 7 find B : (A + C) = ?
(a) 1:2
(b) 2:1
(c) 3:2
(d) 5:3
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Question:7
If (A + B) : (B + C) : (C + A) = 7 : 6 : 5 and A + B + C = 27, then what will be
the value of 1/A ∶ 1/B ∶ 1/C ?
(a) [Link]
(b) [Link]
(c) [Link]
(d) [Link]
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Question:8
A man divides his property so that his son’s share to his wife’s and wife’s
share to his daughter’s are both as in the ratio 3 : 1. If the daughter gets
Rs.10,000 less than son, the value (in rupees) of the whole property
(a) Rs.16,250
(b) Rs.16,000
(c) Rs.18,250
(d) Rs.17,000
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Question:2
The ratio of the sum of two numbers and their difference is 5:1. The ratio of the
greater number to the smaller number is
(a) 2:3
(b) 3:2
(c) 5:1
(d) 1:5
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Question 9
A pole is 9030 cm long. It is colored saffron, white and green in the ratio
of [Link]. Find the length of the green part of the pole.
(a) 3440cm
(b) 3010cm
(c) 3480cm
(d) 2580cm
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Question:1
If (x : y) = 4 : 5, then ( y2 - x2) : (y2 + x2) is:
(a) 9: 41
(b) 51 : 3
(c) 41:3
(d) 3:14
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Question
Two numbers are in the ratio of 1 : 2. If 7 is added to both their ratio
changes to 3 : 5. The greater number is
a) 18
b) 28
c) 14
d) 30
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Question 2
Two number are in the ratio of 3 : 5. If 9 is subtracted from both the numbers,
the ratio becomes 12 : 23. Find the numbers.
(a) 36, 60
(b) 33, 55
(c) 30, 50
(d) 24, 40
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Problems Based on Coins
x =
• Total Amount = Number of coins * Value of
coins
• Number of coins = Total Amount / Value of coins
• Value of coins = Total Amount / Number of coins
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Question 1
If 756 coins consist of 1 rupee, 50 paise and 25 paise coins, whose values are in
the ratio of 13: 11: 7, the number of 50 paise coins will be
(a) 264
(b) 256
(c) 272
(d) 266
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Question 2
A bag contains Rs. 1, Rs. 5 and Rs. 10 coins in the ratio [Link], amounting to
Rs. 1750. Find the number of coins of each type respectively
(a) 50,160,130
(b) 100,80,130
(c) 50,80,130
(d) 100,160,260
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Question 3
A bag contains Rs.550 in the form of 50p, 25p and 20p coins in the ratio
[Link]. The difference between the amounts that are contributed by the 50p
and the 20p coins is:
[al Rs. 30
[bl Rs. 20
[cl Rs. 10
[dl Rs. 0
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Question 4
A bag contains Rs. 441 in the form of 50 p, 25 p and 20 p coins in the
ratio 4 : 3 : 2. Find the number of 25 p coins.
a) 240
b) 420
c) 400
d) 460
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Question 1
The ratio of number of boys to the number of girls in a school of 432 pupils is 5 : 4.
When some new boys and girls are admitted, the number of boys is increased by 12
and the ratio of the boys to girls is changed to 7 : 6. Find the number of new girls
admitted.
(a) 12
(b) 14
(c) 24
(d) 20
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Question 2
Before a battle the ratio of captains to soldiers was 2 : 7. During the war 25
captains and 100 soldiers were martyred, the new ratio of captains to soldiers
becomes 3 : 10. What is the number of soldiers after the war?
(a) 250
(b) 200
(c) 150
(d) 100
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Income, Expenditure and Saving
Income = Expenditure + Saving
The income of A and B are in the ratio A : B and their expenses are
in
the ratio X : Y. If each saves Rs. P and Rs. Q, then find their income.
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Question 1
The income of A and B are in the ratio 3 : 5 and their expenses are in
the ratio 1 : 5. If each saves Rs. 500 then find their income.
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Question 2
The income of A and B are in the ratio 5 : 3 and their expenses are in
the ratio 9 : 5. If both saves Rs. 2600 and Rs. 1800 respectively, then
find their income.
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Question 3
P and Q earn in the ratio 2 : 1. They spend in the ratio 5 : 3 and save in
the ratio 4 : 1. Find the monthly income of each, if the total monthly
savings of both P and Q together is Rs. 5000?
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Question 1
The ratio of personal income of A and B last year is 3 : 4. The ratio of last year's
income to the current year's income of A and B is 3 : 4 and 4 : 5 respectively.
The sum of the current income of both is Rs. 36,000. Then find out A and B's
current income separately.
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Problems based on A = B*C, B = A/C, C = A/
B
Total work = Number of days x one day work
Total
= Number of person x per day wages
wages
= Sale of tickets x price of tickets
Total sale
= Speed x time
Distance
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Question 1
If there is a reduction in the number of workers in a factory in the ratio 15 : 11
and an increment in their wages in the ratio 22 : 25, then the ratio by which the
total wages of the workers should be decreased is
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Question 2
The ratio of the first and second class train fares between two stations is 3 : 2
and that of the number of passengers travelling between the two stations by
first and second class is 1 : 50. If on a particular day, Rs. 2,575 is collected from
passengers travelling between the two stations, then the amount collected from
the second class passengers is
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Question 1
The sum of Rs. 11200 is divided among A, B, C such that C gets 4/3 of
A and B, while A : B = 5 : 7. Then what amount will all three get
separately?
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Question 2
In an office, 5/8 of the total number of employees are males and the rest are
females. 2/5 of the number of males are non-technical workers while 2/3 of the
number of females are technical workers. What fraction of the total number of
employees are technical workers?
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